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ABU DHABI -- Robotics technology is changing the way wars are waged in the 21st century in an attempt to save the lives of Soldiers, a defence expert said.
An amazing revolution is taking place on the battlefield, which is starting to change not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws and ethics that surround war itself," Dr Peter W. Singer, Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defence Initiative at the Brookings Institution, said in a lecture at the Emirates Centre of Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR). Robots have been helping armies since the war in Iraq in 2003, said Dr Singer.
He added that the upheaval is already afoot -- remote-controlled drones take out terrorists in Afghanistan, while the number of unmanned systems on the ground in Iraq has gone from zero to 12,000 over the last five years.
According to him, this is only the start of things to come.
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